Cartridge-magazine.



,P. MAUSER.

CARTRIDGE MAGAZINE.

APPLICATION rILn1i.1 Bu.-4, 1909.

Patentd Aug. 1,1911.

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,c oacern: v Be ,;lt known that I, PAUL MAUSER, sub-f" jectof {the German Em eror,-and.residing 1n- Oberndorf-on-the-Nec ar, in the'German Empire, have invented certain new and useful "Improvements in Cartridge-Magazines,

of which the following is a specification. Thepresent invention-relates to improve mentsin cartridge magazines which areattachableand" removable from or' rigidly connected to the receiver'of self loading firearms and ada ted for a relatively large number of-cartri ges.

The =object of my inventionis to provide a cartridge magazine to replacethe ordinary magazines which have hitherto been {comparatively e'ztpensive to; manufacture andcomplicated as they. cannot ,be drawn. but must. usually be fashioned by a series of bending"' operations out of a U-shapedbent piece of metal, the edges of the latter being v united at the back by a soldering seam;-

The';presentdevice iscomposed ofa lsingl,and consequently stronger, seamlesshollow-shaped part. which owing to its method ofimanufacture' constitutes a homogeneous article and in addition to 1 its "strength, simplicity and general advantages is much cheaper to manufacture;

With these objects view and further objects which will appear asvthe nature of the invention is more fully set forth I willnow proceed todescribe 'my invention, reference being had to the appended drawings in which:

- Figure 1, isa side elevation of the magazine. Fig. 2,-is area-r end elevation of the magazlne. Flg. 3,- 1s a horlzontal cross sec- .tion' on the line A A in Fig. 1.' Fig, 4, is a detail of-the upper right hand corner of -'Fig.- 1. Fig; 5, 1s a sectional view of'the -magazine attached .tothe breech of a fire i armJ Fig. 6, shows a lan View of. the magazine, Fig. 7, is aetail showing the 4 cartridge carrier in'its uppermost position.

Fig. 8, is' a'vertical sectional view of the up er' part of thecartri'dge magazine; imilar referencec'haracters-refer to cor.-

responding jparts throughout the various 'm; is the casing themagazine which has inwardly rojectinglips l formed onlthe' upper partereof to "direct the outgoing cartridges to the breechbf the firearm,

b :which is held in by its The casing has a laterally. sliding'bottom CA TRID E-M G ZINE. l

; own elasticity;the ribs r-on the side wallsofthe casing are for the purpose of reinforcement, One edge ofthe casing-is pro vided with a groovefo for guiding the car,-

, specificationgefil etters Patent. Patented Aug. 1, 1911, I

Application filed December'4, 1909;- Serial No. 531,419.

tridge lifter c and has at .its upper end an innerflank n by means of which the'car tridge litter. is keptadjusted in its upper position: his flank n which in thep'resent case, COI1S1Sljs0f a separately inserted 131608,

may be formed -by inwardly pressing or p bulging the casing atthe location shown.

The spring 8 is arranged to push on the carrier and keepthe cartridge in position to enter and load the firearm'when"-t-he' breechis ready for it.

h is a clamping piece for holding the easing in place.

The curvature ofthe casing is/m'ade' to assist in holding the cartridges which are formed comically and taper toward "the front. I

'The action of the, apparatusis as follows: The casing m is first-attached to the gun by pushing it into the breech opening f, and then clamped by the piece h in position. The bottom cover I) is then pulledout and the carrier 0 and spring 8 removed 'to per.

mit the insertion of the cartridges. When Ithe breech leaves an opening over the cusing, the spring s-through the carrier, forces a cartridge up into the barrel automatically, the-lips-Z andfflangeri assisting to promote proper action; as each cartridge is used the carrier ascends until the casing is completely emptied. "In this drawing the cas-I ing is arranged for adouble column'of cartridges, the cartridges feeding alternately from both columns-as can be easily seen Fig. 8. The empty magazine is then filled again in the usual way.

' In the meth d of constructing my device -.I prefer-to use the Huber process, described.

in British Patents Nos; 3,135 of 1896 and 13,735 of 189 9, which has special advantages for the manufactureof this type of cartridge magazine.

Having thusdescribed my invention' I claimz I -'1. A middle stockmagazine :formed of pressed metal and designed for relatively largenumber of cartridges and consisting of an integral one-piece fan-shaped seamless hollow body open at'bothends and provided with flat side walls having stifi'emng 'cor:

rugations or ribs, the back edg Wall hwf iig a-jl-on gitudinal recess or channel to formva guide for a cartridge hfter,' the Width of the channel being less than the width of pressed metal and designed for relatively large number of cartridges and consisting of an integral one-piece fan-shaped seamless hollow body open at both ends and provided with flat sidewwalls having stiffening corrugations or? ribs, the back edge wallhaving-alongitudinal recess or channel to form a guide for a cartridge lifter, the upper side Walls of the body having in wardly bentprojections to dlrect the dis charge of cartridges,jand a closure for the lower open end of said body.

In testimony .whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

PAULMAUSER:

Witnesses ERNEST ENTENMANN, PAULINE KLAIBER. 

